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gave

[ geyv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

gave

/ ɡeɪv /

The cops gave chase and the gunman fired the big revolver twice more.

Last March they gave Airbus a huge piece of new business, ordering 169 A320s and 65 of the slightly larger A321.

The End of Gangs By Sam Quinones, Pacific-Standard Los Angeles gave America the modern street gang.

Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President of the Fortune Society, gave a tour along with a few residents.

For years, Cuomo gave me a hard time every time we crossed paths about whether I had cuffs or pleats.

There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.

So far as the right or wrong of having contraband whisky was concerned, I don't think any one gave it a second thought.

Various impulses urged him into a pouring flood of words; yet he gave expression to none of them.

One adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.

Some peculiar lines between these contracted brows gave a character of ferocity to this forbidding and sensual face.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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